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Focusing on power generation enterprises, this study develops a Technology\u2013Organization\u2013Environment (TOE) model that incorporates perceived risk and perceived benefit to explain how participation intentions toward shared energy storage are formed. Structural equation modeling and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) show that technological compatibility, technological maturity, top-management support, organizational slack, subjective norms, policy support, and market competition shape participation intentions by reducing perceived risk and strengthening perceived benefit. Perceived risk significantly suppresses participation intention, whereas perceived benefit significantly promotes it. The fsQCA results identify three configurational pathways to high participation intention: benefit\u2013risk co-activation, market competition and benefit-driven participation, and market\u2013policy dual activation. 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